A state law that increases the minimum sentence for people convicted of smuggling immigrants or operating a stash house went into effect Tuesday.
Jesus Vasquez, originally from Honduras, lights candles at a makeshift memorial to the 53 people who died after human smugglers left them in a truck trailer outside San Antonio on a hot day in June 2022. A new state law increases the minimum sentence for those convicted of human smuggling.A state law that would increase the minimum sentence from two years to 10 years for people convicted of smuggling immigrants or operating a stash house goes into effect Tuesday.Gov.
“This increase in policing and increase criminalization is going to further exacerbate the overcrowding of our our jails,” said David Stout, an El Paso County commissioner who joined the advocates during the news conference. “This is this is all based on the big lie that we have open borders. Gov. Abbott has utilized this lie to justify the expenditure of billions of dollars over the last number of years.
“If you were to take a picture of the border today, on one side you will find a family, women, children looking for safety, for refuge, for a better opportunity for a better life,” Lizarraga said. “And on the other side, you will find a border wall, with miles and miles of concertina wire, military vehicles, state troopers, and National Guard soldiers with weapons.”
Senate Bill 3 earmarks $1.54 billion in state money to continue the construction of barriers along the 1,200-mile Texas-Mexico border and allows the state to spend up to $40 million for state troopers to patrol Colony Ridge, a housing development near Houston that far-right publications claim is a magnet for undocumented immigrants.
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